Pretend-ing is abstract.
Let me tell you one tale of a crab.
A crab. a hairy crab. a hairy spotty crab.
It's wayward. it's sentimental.
Its shell is hard. Sometimes unbelievably hard. Fool-proof. Breakage-proof.
Its muscles flexible.
Its meat soft.
Bendable. yet lacks elasticity.
And,
tonight
the crab is sad
so very sad.